# Sean Cleary

Sean Cleary is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ee32295a-16ef-45df-b47e-f74ac5f1765b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee32295a-16ef-45df-b47e-f74ac5f1765b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Cleary voted against the majority of North Dakota Senate Republicans 97 times; party unity 58%, in the bottom 5% of the North Dakota Senate (average 79%).

## What Cleary says (ND 2025–26 session)

137 classified statements: 137 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cleary | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.3% | 100 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 3.6% | 9.5% | 225 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 10.2% | 37.3% | 329 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 2.3% | 222 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 2.2% | 15.4% | 311 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 50% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Commerce 21% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Agriculture and Food 7.1% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Education 7.1% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Energy 7.1% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 93 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 58% (79%). 97 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-04 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628 · HB 1628 AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1628/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2407 · SB 2407 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for the North Dakota military museum project; to amend and reenact section… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2407/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2405 · SB 2405 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.9, section 57-20-09, and subsection 1 of section 57-55-03 of the North Dakota… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2405/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2406 · SB 2406 A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2406/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1621 · HB 1621 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15.1-21-01 and section 15.1-21-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring the… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1621/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1625 · HB 1625 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of the Ray Richards golf course; to provide an… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1625/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1623 · HB 1623 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for federal rural health transformation program grant funds; to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1623/
- 2026-01-23 · voted nay · Motion for Consideration of Amendments on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1622 · HB 1622 AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-17.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; to amend and… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1622/

## Legislation (ND 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 60. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 3 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 4027: A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 25 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to charitable gaming and limitations on… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4027/
- SB 2370: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding prescription drug transparency reporting under the federal drug discount program. (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2370/
- SB 2369: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exempt sales from educational, religious, or… (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2369/
- SB 2271: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adult residential facility payment rates; to amend… (became law, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2271/
- SB 2251: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and sections 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2251/
- SB 2219: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54-24-03 and a new subsection to section 54-24.2-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2219/
- SB 2216: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1-02 and a new section to chapter 20.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to waterfowl… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2216/
- SB 2217: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-20 and a new section to chapter 43-28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to volunteer licenses;… (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2217/
- SB 2209: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-34-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the expansion of medical examinations of victims of criminal… (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2209/
- SB 2154: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 13 of section 1-01-49, subsection 4 of section 10-30.5-01, and section 40-57.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code,… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2154/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $40.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2101333194070991078
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2100025408758374521
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2099180304229413348
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2099202265118589231
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2096666558735269918
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2092057504301670528
- 2026-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2083560368815632891
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2082635353177931780
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2082635566818959645
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SeanDCleary/status/2082636557781995950

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/sean-cleary
- Campaign site: https://www.clearyfornd.com/
- X: https://x.com/SeanDCleary
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClearyForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.cleary.71
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seancleary1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-cleary-59456553/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee32295a-16ef-45df-b47e-f74ac5f1765b